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Power Rankings pres. by YP: Jan. 27

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EDITOR'S NOTE:You've arrived at the CBJ Power Rankings, our weekly breakdown of the top-five players, statistics, trends and many other Blue Jackets-related categories. If you're looking for the traditional power rankings, you've come to the wrong place. We'll go in-depth and outside the box, and hopefully give you something to think about.

For this week's rankings, we're talking offense. Everyone loves goal-scoring, right? It also helps when your hometown team is doing more of it, that's for sure, and the Blue Jackets have experienced one of the more meteoric rises up the goals/game chart in recent weeks. Before Saturday's game, the Jackets had jumped to sixth in goals-per-game and were second in the Eastern Conference. They've dropped a couple of spots overall after a two-goal performance Saturday night against Buffalo, but are still among the East's best in terms of scoring average.

Let's take a closer look at the top five.

PITTSBURGH PENGUINSGOALS-PER-GAME: 3.15

Perhaps the only surprising thing about the Penguins being the East's top-scoring team (on average) is that they've done so despite a barrage of injuries to top-six forwards. They've been helped by a strong supporting cast and another league-leading season from Sidney Crosby, who happens to be pretty good at scoring goals.